I always find it odd when festivals with a mission to promote both their host city and their local filmmaking culture -- like the upcoming Festival do Rio -- give their opening and closing night slots to Hollywood films (The Black Dahlia and The Departed, respectively). Oh well! I won't be making it to Rio de Janeiro since São Paulo tends to show a very similar program a month later, and I imagine I would have a hard time focusing on the movies while I could be spending time on the beach. (And if I must take a side in the traditional SP/Rio rivalry, SP is my obvious choice.) Maybe next year?